The life of the Greeks and Romans (1875) (14582169648)

Identifier: lifeofgreeksroma00guhl (find matches)
Title: The life of the Greeks and Romans
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Guhl, E. (Ernst), 1819-1862 Koner, W. (Wilhelm), 1817-1887, joint author Hueffer, Francis, 1843-1889, tr
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Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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t of which is not longer than theatrium) shows columns only on two sides, the two others being oc-cupied by the walls, which enclose the house towards two streetscrossing each other. A similar design we find in the peristyliumof the Casa della Caccia, or di Dedalo e Pasifae, but for its beingstill more irregular, owing to the want of a rectangular termina-tion ; the atrium of this house also is spacious, and perfectlyregular. The latter is the case also in the house of Sallustius, theperistylium of which is surrounded by columns on three sides. We must omit other more or less irregular designs, and turnto a house at Pompeii which is remarkable both for the regularityof the corps de logis of the owner, and also for the manner in whichother parts of the premises have been made useful for mercantilepurposes, or let out to other persons. We are speaking of thehouse of Pansa, so called after the inscription on the facade, which,however, does not indicate the owner. The house, including the
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Fig. 386. above-mentioned smaller habitations, is a complete oblong, sur-rounded by streets on all four sides (in front by that of DelleTerme), and therefore forming a so-called insula. The dwellingof the owner is surrounded on three sides by smaller houses(see Fig. 386), which appear hatched in our Plan. Part of thefacade and the right side of the premises are occupied byvarious buildings, used partly as shops, partly let to so-calledminor lodgers. The chief part of the opposite side is taken HOUSE OF PANS A AT POMPEII. 363 up by a bakery, with the mill (12) belonging to it, and bythree shops (tabernm) with small apartments attached to them. Theentrance to the dwelling-house lies between two shops, let sepa-rately. A narrow hall (vestibulum, 1),* the inner threshold ofwhich shows a Salve in mosaic, leads to the spacious atrium(2 2), the impluvium of which is marked 3 in our plan. Six side-chambers (cubicula) communicate with the atrium by means ofdoors; two other rooms being entirely